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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 28, 1771
Page
1
The proprietors express gratitude for public encouragement and pledge to improve the paper with careful type, quality content, varied material, fair inclusion of essays, and prominent advertisements. They aim for decidable public approval and increased demand, listing places and names among readership.
York March 26 400 sail of ships in Shields harbor resisted pay rises and refused sea service. Alderney sloop of war Capt Richards arrived with the Trinity barge causing panic. Ringleaders were arrested and sent to Newcastle. 247 men left for sea since.
Maritime notices list ships sailing from the Motherbank including Adventure West from Manton to Hamburgh and Royal Charlotte Johnsos from Leghorn to Stangate Creeke. Also details arrivals at Dublin Waterford Cork and Newry with multiple vessels from New York Lisbon Philadelphia and Jamaica and other ports.
A dated port manifest lists inbound vessels arriving at London on March 27 1797 from Dunbar and Newcastle. Names include Ann Lowry Ipswich Samuel and Mary Baxter Industry Moore Leigh Good Intent Higgs Paul Sally Gray Feversham Robert and Elizabeth Peake Feversham Lucas Bell Bennet John and Dorothy Corner William and Mary Graham Constant Friends Mallam Blythnook Dorothy's Increase Robertson Freemason Butcher Charming Sally Robinson Peggy Smith with several others and carriers.
Yesterday the king granted royal assent to various public and private bills including restraints on divorced persons, lunatics grants, and multiple paving, navigation, and shoe bills. A London scene followed with crowds, mob actions, and arrests as MPs, officers, and constables faced unrest around Westminster Palace Yard and the House of Commons.
Or Monday Mprising next will he presimed price 64 To be continued Monthly Enriched with eight ne Met decerpt Patterns in Needle Work of prigs for aprons hankerchici and a beautiful Scene in Domestic Life with a New Song set to music by Mr. Hrudios Number VIM for Mancz 1791 Private Robinson and Roberts Este allars on Or whom may bj had anf of the furier numbers Future favours from correspondents will be received In the eight numbers already published have been given a great variety of elegant patterns in treedie-Wwari nine beautiful copper plates and eight Ru lungsy les lo music by Mr. Hedson
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